State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1977 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,573 North Carolina births in 1977 across 1,368 distinct names.

Distinctively North Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Carolina more than they say America.

#89Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#86Sonya#193 nationally
#99Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#100Keishaoutside the national top 200
#100Jodyoutside the national top 200
#84Latasha#170 nationally
#70Meredith#154 nationally
#94Tommy#177 nationally
#95Anita#178 nationally
#75Reginald#157 nationally
#99Calvin#179 nationally
#50Felicia#128 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,299US #1
#2Amy746US #3
#3Heather686US #5
#4Kimberly675US #8
#5Crystal666US #25
#6Angela655US #6
#7Melissa641US #2
#8Amanda619US #9
#9Kelly486US #10
#10Elizabeth449US #13
#11Shannon420US #19
#12Stephanie415US #14
#13Christina392US #16
#14Mary383US #21
#15Lisa378US #12
#16April372US #29
#17Jessica323US #4
#18Jamie319US #18
#19Laura297US #20
#20Michelle296US #7
#21Wendy275US #49
#22Rebecca273US #17
#23Tonya254US #64
#24Christy250US #59
#25Misty249US #40
#26Sarah243US #11
#27Karen236US #32
#28Tammy236US #55
#29Julie218US #22
#30Susan200US #45
#31Emily193US #37
#32Brandy188US #51
#33Tracy188US #50
#34Andrea185US #24
#35Ashley179US #106
#36Carrie177US #28
#37Tiffany174US #34
#38Erin172US #23
#39Leslie167US #65
#40Erica162US #38
#41Cynthia161US #48
#42Amber157US #33
#43Dana156US #62
#44Holly151US #52
#45Allison147US #66
#46Katherine147US #44
#47Lori144US #57
#48Nicole143US #15
#49Monica141US #39
#50Felicia140US #128
#51Anna138US #74
#52Sharon138US #95
#53Patricia136US #47
#54Tara134US #35
#55Tina132US #58
#56Sabrina130US #63
#57Donna128US #113
#58Natasha127US #116
#59Rachel127US #26
#60Kristy126US #68
#61Latoya124US #125
#62Brandi122US #71
#63Robin122US #84
#64Melanie118US #53
#65Pamela117US #102
#66Stacy115US #42
#67Teresa115US #79
#68Natalie111US #69
#69Courtney110US #76
#70Meredith108US #154
#71Christine104US #30
#72Catherine103US #75
#73Sara102US #27
#74Jaime100US #46
#75Sherry100US #140
#76Joy96US #136
#77Angel94US #133
#78Stacey94US #56
#79Alicia87US #60
#80Tanya87US #67
#81Sandra84US #61
#82Margaret82US #111
#83Tamara82US #93
#84Latasha81US #170
#85Dawn79US #43
#86Sonya79US #193
#87Christie77US #156
#88Mandy77US #94
#89Latonya76
#90Tamika76US #158
#91Carla75US #137
#92Kathryn75US #70
#93Regina75US #124
#94Rhonda75US #131
#95Anita74US #178
#96Katrina74US #126
#97Samantha74US #85
#98Kristina73US #83
#99Lakisha73
#100Keisha72

Boys

#1Michael1,642US #1
#2Christopher1,457US #3
#3Jason1,410US #2
#4James1,398US #5
#5David1,028US #4
#6William1,025US #12
#7Robert914US #6
#8John884US #7
#9Brian789US #8
#10Kevin628US #13
#11Charles581US #26
#12Joseph580US #10
#13Matthew538US #9
#14Timothy522US #18
#15Jonathan520US #28
#16Joshua509US #14
#17Jeremy495US #15
#18Daniel449US #11
#19Richard440US #20
#20Eric431US #17
#21Thomas407US #22
#22Anthony401US #21
#23Jeffrey399US #19
#24Steven398US #23
#25Kenneth331US #39
#26Andrew300US #24
#27Chad292US #34
#28Mark289US #25
#29Benjamin263US #29
#30Stephen258US #38
#31Gregory254US #35
#32Brandon242US #41
#33Travis240US #44
#34Larry236US #62
#35Bryan230US #42
#36Ryan219US #16
#37Paul210US #31
#38Wesley204US #66
#39Bradley202US #49
#40Ronald201US #53
#41Donald198US #46
#42Jerry197US #75
#43Antonio195US #77
#44Corey193US #52
#45Derrick189US #80
#46Bobby188US #105
#47Adam187US #33
#48Marcus186US #72
#49Phillip185US #70
#50Jamie184US #82
#51Patrick182US #40
#52Justin176US #30
#53Gary174US #58
#54Scott174US #27
#55Aaron172US #32
#56Edward170US #47
#57George167US #57
#58Samuel167US #60
#59Billy161US #91
#60Shawn158US #37
#61Rodney154US #97
#62Nathan150US #36
#63Tony150US #92
#64Johnny138US #93
#65Terry137US #83
#66Jimmy132US #98
#67Keith127US #48
#68Randy127US #86
#69Dennis110US #68
#70Douglas110US #59
#71Shannon107US #120
#72Jesse104US #54
#73Danny103US #111
#74Derek101US #84
#75Reginald101US #157
#76Ricky99US #136
#77Jeremiah98US #69
#78Jeffery96US #78
#79Willie96US #124
#80Curtis92US #100
#81Roger89US #114
#82Cory88US #67
#83Ronnie83US #156
#84Walter83US #123
#85Sean82US #43
#86Allen78US #144
#87Philip78US #90
#88Russell77US #89
#89Henry76US #127
#90Joel75US #73
#91Nicholas75US #51
#92Shane75US #61
#93Jacob74US #56
#94Tommy73US #177
#95Adrian71US #121
#96Carl69US #99
#97Roy68US #141
#98Barry67US #164
#99Calvin67US #179
#100Jody67

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑39Sabrina#56
↑34Wesley#38
↑26Amber#42
↑22Corey#44
↑21Erica#40
↑21Brandi#62
↑19Erin#38
↑18Meredith#70

Falling

↓32Jaime#74
↓27Pamela#65
↓27Rhonda#94
↓24Tanya#80
↓22Tina#55
↓22Christie#87
↓20Regina#93
↓20Jamie#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.